Live from the Relapse Contamination Festival3/3/15

Mellodrama, a documentary by Dianna Dilworth, explores the rising and falling fortunes of the Chamberlin and its better-known successor the Mellotron the first musical keyboards to play the pre-recorded sounds of other instruments. Essentially the first sampling instrument, its haunting sound has changed the production and texture of popular music from the Beatles' ''Strawberry Fields Forever''; and the Moody Blues' ''Nights in White Satin''; to Radiohead's OK Computer and Kanye West's ''Gold Digger''.